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CAT.OP.MPA.135 Routes and areas of operation — general

Regulation (EU) 2016/1119

(a)     The operator shall ensure that operations are only conducted along routes, or within areas, for which:

(1)     space-based facilities, ground facilities and services, including meteorological services, adequate for the planned operation are provided;

(2)     the performance of the aircraft is adequate to comply with minimum flight altitude requirements;

(3)     the equipment of the aircraft meets the minimum requirements for the planned operation; and

(4)     appropriate maps and charts are available.

(b)     The operator shall ensure that operations are conducted in accordance with any restriction on the routes or the areas of operation specified by the competent authority.

(c)      point (a)(1) shall not apply to operations under VFR by day of other-than complex motor-powered aircraft on flights that depart from and arrive at the same aerodrome or operating site.